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hello. today i signd in my hotmail account at a friends comp. i did not sign out of my account and just closed the browser window. my friend can now access my hotmail account through his 'history' option.

how can i stop that from happening????


PLEASE HELP!

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Scenario: left a Hotmail session open on another person's PC. Replies from , and pointed to session/cookie risks and remembered logins. The checklist below gives current, practical steps to make that open session unusable, to remove any saved credentials on the other machine, and to harden the Microsoft/Hotmail account going forward.

First-response (remote) cleanup — use the Microsoft account portal to revoke access and inspect activity. Sign in at account.microsoft.com, open Security (or Devices/Recent activity), review recent sign-ins and remove any unknown devices, and revoke any third-party app permissions. In Outlook.com check mail settings for forwarding and inbox rules and delete any entries that send mail elsewhere. If there’s evidence of unauthorized access, change the account password and enable two-step verification immediately.

Local cleanup on the friend’s PC — saved passwords and Windows credentials persist after closing a tab. Remove stored Microsoft credentials from the browser and Windows Credential Manager: Chrome: Settings > Autofill > Passwords; Edge: Settings > Profiles > Passwords; Firefox: Logins and Passwords; Control Panel > Credential Manager > Windows/Web Credentials. Also clear saved autofill entries and remove the account from any mail client on that PC.

Prevention and cautions — avoid using someone else’s machine for personal email. Use private/incognito mode on temporary devices, decline “Stay signed in/Remember me,” and keep recovery email/phone info current. If the other person seems untrustworthy or any suspicious activity appears in Recent activity, contact Microsoft Support for account recovery and follow their instructions to secure the account.

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hello. today i signd in my hotmail account at a friends comp. i did not sign out of my account and just closed the browser window. my friend can now access my hotmail account through his 'history' option.

how can i stop that from happening????

PLEASE HELP!

1. Always sign out
2. Delete your friends browser history/cache/cookie's, if he/she is an real friend won't she/he abuse it.
3. Always post your topics in the correct forum, I'm pretty sure this is the wrong forum but I'm not sure if there is an forum on daniweb for hotmail support.

I'm not very familiair with hotmail, but I think that the inlog url of hotmail contains an long row of numbers and letters. I think that is the session id. As soon as your session time's out won't the link work anymore (I think, I can't be sure of it though :S).

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I think you can simply change your password and the cookie on his computer will no longer be valid!!

Good luck!!

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I think you can simply change your password and the cookie on his computer will no longer be valid!!

Good luck!!

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Absolutely this will work and if not you probably dont' have to worry about it because if he ever want to load up his hotmail account, assuming he has one, he'll have to log out of yours, which means after thatt he won't be able to get back into. No he can't just click your hotmail account in the history thing unless you clicked the "remember me" box when you signed in. If you did click that box than do what this guy said. Just change your password and POOF! Problem solved. Unless he knows how to hack passwords at which point you'd be in a whole big mess of things:)

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